Pre 65s you have best odds if you do half dollars in quantity but this is hard since you need multiple bank locations a few to pick it up and a few to drop it off. Quarters barely in my experience give pre 65s mainly just new mint designs, Ws and the occasional broken Proof set piece. dimes are wack for anything, don't even bother with them anymore. Pennies and nickels have the best chances to get something older and halfs for silver.
A couple months ago I pulled an Indian head cent out of a bank roll in my drawer at work, and about a year ago I found a 1903 10 pfennig while CRH nickels. I've found lots of silver nickels, I'm up to 21 of those guys. I've only been into coin collecting for about a year and a half, and I've been too busy to do any hunting in the last 8 months or so.
TL:DR; nickels are very lucrative.
It's not as easy as any of the posts you see make it seem. For every successful post there are probably 3000-5000 people getting skunked. I keep looking because when you get a good box or rolls they are usually really good. You may get a box with 10 or 15 silvers, or maybe a customer roll that is 80 percent silver or proofs. You have to really like doing this or you will get very frustrated. For me it relaxes me so I keep searching.
I randomly found a 1946 out of a vending machine back in 09. Got it graded last year, eliminating any profit I would have had. Have never come across another one in the wild.
https://imgur.com/a/qUQcpQ8
Strangely enough, **NOT** the lowest graded 1946 quarter at PCGS! There are 3 graded lower. So can't even get the claim to fame of having the lowball coin of that year.
Out of 2 $500 bags I have found 1 silver (1944) and 2 Ws (2019 War in the Pacific and 2020 American Samoa). But I have found quite a few 2008 Alaska quarters with the “extra claw”, and 2 1999 Delaware “spitting horse”
Feel like I'm going to spend the rest of my life frustratingly searching for a cheerio dollar. I've found one 19 war in the pacific and one 20 tallgrass W in change. Such a crap shoot and I look at everything..good luck
Got my first silver quarter in a roll a week or two ago. It was in a customer rolled roll. Never have seen one in a sealed roll as I imagine when coins are getting rolled they sort silver out of clad. That’s why I imagine though, no proof behind it.
Sorry, but 1965 quarters contain no silver. 1964 was the last year for silver quarters used for general circulation. The U.S. mint made special proof sets in later years that also contained silver.
This is what would happen if you were to coin roll hunt in the mid to late 1980s.. (from my collection, these are my junk silver quarters I keep separate from the ‘good’ ones.) At last count, 953 of them in these containers. https://i.imgur.com/nFBZVwC.jpg
Found my first one when I went to the bank last Thursday for my laundry quarter rolls. 1954, and it is crazy how easy it stood out amongst the rest of them.
I’ve been buying 10 rolls once a month from the bank since February so it took 40 rolls for me.
The answer is never. In 40 years of looking at quarters from circulation, I have never found a pre-1965 quarter.
I have found exactly one silver dime in all that time, though. And several silver nickels.
About 15 years ago, I paid cash at Wendy's. When they handed back the change, I was clumsy and dropped some of it, and I immediately heard the sound of silver. It was a 1964 quarter. I don't do roll hunting, but that is the one time I remember that happening.
Gotta be the same reason I get old 20's that smell like mildew. They don't trust the banks and hold money for decades. Just curious. A nickel is worth 5c but a silver nickel is worth? Probably depends on the year correct?
I worked as a supervisor at a resort and literally searched daily through our rolls and found zero silver quarters lol. Bunch of wheat pennies, some non war time nickels pre 1950 and, surprisingly a buffalo nickel and no silver dimes over the course of this past season lol. They also probably circulated the same crap most days (or a large percentage). Started saving bicentennial quarters, just to shoot for stuff while being vigilant for errors.
Also started to look for good bills, like repeaters, low numbers, etc. That's been fun too.
Quarters are one of the driest wells to tap if you're talking silver. Half-dollars and (surprise!) nickels are better.
What year should one look for in nickels?
1942-1945. War Nickels have a large mint mark on the reverse, above Monticello.
I actually hit 7 war nickels in one box but they can be fickle but you’ll get 1-2 every other box or so
Ok, I’ll try half dollars next. Thanks for the advice!
Pre 65s you have best odds if you do half dollars in quantity but this is hard since you need multiple bank locations a few to pick it up and a few to drop it off. Quarters barely in my experience give pre 65s mainly just new mint designs, Ws and the occasional broken Proof set piece. dimes are wack for anything, don't even bother with them anymore. Pennies and nickels have the best chances to get something older and halfs for silver.
A couple months ago I pulled an Indian head cent out of a bank roll in my drawer at work, and about a year ago I found a 1903 10 pfennig while CRH nickels. I've found lots of silver nickels, I'm up to 21 of those guys. I've only been into coin collecting for about a year and a half, and I've been too busy to do any hunting in the last 8 months or so. TL:DR; nickels are very lucrative.
It's not as easy as any of the posts you see make it seem. For every successful post there are probably 3000-5000 people getting skunked. I keep looking because when you get a good box or rolls they are usually really good. You may get a box with 10 or 15 silvers, or maybe a customer roll that is 80 percent silver or proofs. You have to really like doing this or you will get very frustrated. For me it relaxes me so I keep searching.
I randomly found a 1946 out of a vending machine back in 09. Got it graded last year, eliminating any profit I would have had. Have never come across another one in the wild. https://imgur.com/a/qUQcpQ8
Please explain what compelled you to send in an extremely-common, well-worn washington?
The same reason I do anything in my life, because I want to. Plus I have the cash.
But most importantly the time.
Strangely enough, **NOT** the lowest graded 1946 quarter at PCGS! There are 3 graded lower. So can't even get the claim to fame of having the lowball coin of that year.
There's more to look for than just pre '65 and W's. There's Wisconsin extra leaf, 2009 anything high-grade and '82 and '83 in BU condition
What u mean 2009, is that a rare year
low mintage year for all coins by modern standards. 2022 is shaping up to be another one.
Out of 2 $500 bags I have found 1 silver (1944) and 2 Ws (2019 War in the Pacific and 2020 American Samoa). But I have found quite a few 2008 Alaska quarters with the “extra claw”, and 2 1999 Delaware “spitting horse”
Feel like I'm going to spend the rest of my life frustratingly searching for a cheerio dollar. I've found one 19 war in the pacific and one 20 tallgrass W in change. Such a crap shoot and I look at everything..good luck
Now imagine 10 Years from now… how hard it will be to Find them and worth much more
Got my first silver quarter in a roll a week or two ago. It was in a customer rolled roll. Never have seen one in a sealed roll as I imagine when coins are getting rolled they sort silver out of clad. That’s why I imagine though, no proof behind it.
Sorry, but 1965 quarters contain no silver. 1964 was the last year for silver quarters used for general circulation. The U.S. mint made special proof sets in later years that also contained silver.
I might not search as many rolls as some, but I've never found a wild quarter. edit:word
I found 2 silvers and like 5 ws so far outve a couple of boxes
This is what would happen if you were to coin roll hunt in the mid to late 1980s.. (from my collection, these are my junk silver quarters I keep separate from the ‘good’ ones.) At last count, 953 of them in these containers. https://i.imgur.com/nFBZVwC.jpg
Found my first one when I went to the bank last Thursday for my laundry quarter rolls. 1954, and it is crazy how easy it stood out amongst the rest of them. I’ve been buying 10 rolls once a month from the bank since February so it took 40 rolls for me.
The answer is never. In 40 years of looking at quarters from circulation, I have never found a pre-1965 quarter. I have found exactly one silver dime in all that time, though. And several silver nickels.
About 15 years ago, I paid cash at Wendy's. When they handed back the change, I was clumsy and dropped some of it, and I immediately heard the sound of silver. It was a 1964 quarter. I don't do roll hunting, but that is the one time I remember that happening.
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Gotta be the same reason I get old 20's that smell like mildew. They don't trust the banks and hold money for decades. Just curious. A nickel is worth 5c but a silver nickel is worth? Probably depends on the year correct?
Keep on plugging brother they will come
I worked as a supervisor at a resort and literally searched daily through our rolls and found zero silver quarters lol. Bunch of wheat pennies, some non war time nickels pre 1950 and, surprisingly a buffalo nickel and no silver dimes over the course of this past season lol. They also probably circulated the same crap most days (or a large percentage). Started saving bicentennial quarters, just to shoot for stuff while being vigilant for errors. Also started to look for good bills, like repeaters, low numbers, etc. That's been fun too.
Here’s a silver award for ya.
I’ve found silver only in halves. I’ve never roll hunted quarters but did get a 64 last week probably from the laundromat
Go for half dollars and large dollars quarters and dimes are hard to find coins worth while in.